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dmg1969 asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

Are the attacks on Palin a sign that the Dems are running scared?

I mean...a woman on one of the tickets and it's NOT Hill-Rod. And Obama gets only a minor bump after the convention? WHat would they have done if she had no faults? They'd be crushed!

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    The fact is that Sarah Palin is a rising political star. She's female, she's a republican, and she has a better chance at being the first female president than any female democrat out there.

    She's a brand new ammunition growing stronger. Mayor to Governor of Alaska and now a VP candidate for the U.S.A. I think that is impressive and is enough to get the other side scared and defensive.

  • 1 decade ago

    No they're not. First and foremost Sarah Palin is under investigation for ethics violations due to the state chief of police not firing an officer for his involvement in a messy divorce to one of her daughters. So she fired the chief. Is this the "change" that McCain wants to bring to us? Seems like it's the same tactics that Bush did with the attorney general for not getting rid of some of his people.

    Everyone has faults, and some get more attention than others. What's more shocking is that McCain didn't pick someone real.

    She was a member of the independant party that wanted Alaska to seceed from the United States. Isn't that more un-American than having a pregnant teenager?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't think the media circus surrounding the Sarah Palin nomination has any Democrat worried at all. RNC lawyers have just arrived in Alaska to perform a thorough search of Sarah's background. There are media lawyers as well there. What they find out will be release within the next few days. Given the timing and nature of the news, we know if Sarah Palin will remain the VP for McCain.

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't think so, it's more like the Democrats are finally beginning to attack their opponents, in both personal and political areas. The Republican party has been complaining about Obama's lack of experience for the past 6 months or more and then he chooses a candidate who seems to have equal or lesser experience than Obama. Obviously the Dems are gonna take advantage of that!

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  • 1 decade ago

    Are you seriously serious. McCain chooses a VP that has and ethics probe going for abuse of power, she was ALL for the "bridge to no where" but now she says no, she has less experience than the same man (Obama) that McCain and his nitwits tried to slam with no success.

    The list can go on, but in less than a week, we learn so much more about his VP pick, that it has some in his party questioning his reasoning behind it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Actually since the Dem convention and McShame's stupid VP pick Obama got a 10 pt bump. Get your facts straight before posting.

  • mom
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    You have to remember this is not the year of landslide victories. Every one so far has been pretty much split down the middle. No one is running scared, only angry.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes I am terrified that this no nothing person might one day be president. She might try to pass laws that will require all people who get pregnant get married. Also she might outlaw birth control. Yes I am afraid because the same people that voted for Bush might still be alive and dumb.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Nope, they're a sign that Democrats are ready to dish out a little of what the Repugnant Party has been doing for the last few months.

    Can't stand the heat...stay out of the kitchen.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Watch McCain get no bump after this disaster convention.

    Hurricane Hanna will be sure to interrupt the media for Thursday.

    The Republican's chickens are coming home to roost!

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